Traitors in the FBI

<div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>Gaslit Nation has been studying Russian oligarch-aiding FBI traitors since our podcast launched in 2018, and what did we get for our diligent efforts? Yet another traitor! This week we discuss the indictment of Charlie McGonigal, the former top counterintelligence official in the New York field office who was secretly working for mega-oligarch Oleg Deripaska while pretending to investigate him. (You may remember Deripaska from our</span> <a class="sc-1bctqj2-0 qOIqX" href="https://twitter.com/sarahkendzior/status/1450829405077471238"><span> c</span><span>l</span><span>a</span><span>s</span><span>s</span><span>i</span><span>c</span> <span>T</span><span>-</span><span>s</span><span>h</span><span>i</span><span>r</span><span>t</span> <span>s</span><span>l</span><span>o</span><span>g</span><span>a</span><span>n</span></a> <span>"You can't make a deal with the guy who won the aluminum wars in the car bomb 1990s in Russia, you just can't." Rolls right off the tongue!)</span></div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"> </div> </div> <div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>We analyze the McGonigal case in the context of familiar Gaslit Nation topics – the top heads of the FBI who went on to work for the Russian mafia, how James Comey betrayed America to serve Semyon Mogilevich, the strange behavior of the FBI and the media during the 2016 election, the partnership between Deripaska and Paul Manafort, the partnership between Deripaska and Mitch McConnell, the desire of McConnell to make Merrick Garland head of the FBI as all this illegal activity was transpiring, and how the McGonigal case and general FBI treason affects Russia's war on Ukraine. This episode was recorded during our second ever Gaslit Nation Live Event and we thank everyone who showed up for this historic occasion!</span></div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"> </div> </div> <div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>For our bonus, which will be out on Friday, we answered a LOT of questions from our Patreon subscribers! You can listen to our Q & As if you subscribe at the Truth-Teller level or higher, and you can send in your own question and get it answered in depth by subscribing at the Democracy Defender level or higher.</span></div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"> </div> </div> <div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>Times are tough in media, politics, and life and we are VERY grateful to you for keeping our show going! While other sites put up paywalls, we have kept our weekly Gaslit Nation episodes free and provided</span> <a class="sc-1bctqj2-0 qOIqX" href="https://www.gaslitnationpod.com/"><span>f</span><span>r</span><span>e</span><span>e</span> <span>t</span><span>r</span><span>a</span><span>n</span><span>s</span><span>c</span><span>r</span><span>i</span><span>p</span><span>t</span><span>s</span></a> <span>to keep it as accessible as possible during this information war. We also have been able to retain and pay the same small staff of four people for nearly five years. Thanks to you all for supporting truly independent media, please keep it coming!</span></div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"> </div> </div> <div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>S</span><span>h</span><span>o</span><span>w</span> <span>N</span><span>o</span><span>t</span><span>e</span><span>s</span><span>:</span></div> </div> <div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"> </div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>O</span><span>u</span><span>r</span> <span>o</span><span>p</span><span>e</span><span>n</span><span>i</span><span>n</span><span>g</span> <span>s</span><span>o</span><span>n</span><span>g</span> <span>w</span><span>a</span><span>s</span> <a class="sc-1bctqj2-0 qOIqX" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwhMIuCABTs"><span> "</span><span>W</span><span>e</span> <span>C</span><span>a</span><span>n</span><span>'</span><span>t</span> <span>B</span><span>r</span><span>e</span><span>a</span><span>t</span><span>h</span><span>e</span><span>"</span></a> <span>w</span><span>i</span><span>t</span><span>h</span> <span>m</span><span>u</span><span>s</span><span>i</span><span>c</span> <span>b</span><span>y</span> <span>R</span><span>a</span><span>y</span><span>n</span><span>a</span> <span>Z</span><span>e</span><span>m</span><span>e</span><span>l</span> <span>&</span> <span>C</span><span>h</span><span>i</span><span>e</span><span>f</span> <span>W</span><span>a</span><span>k</span><span>i</span><span>l</span><span>,</span> <span>a</span><span>n</span><span>d</span> <span>l</span><span>y</span><span>r</span><span>i</span><span>c</span><span>s</span> <span>b</span><span>y</span> <span>C</span><span>h</span><span>i</span><span>e</span><span>f</span> <span>W</span><span>a</span><span>k</span><span>i</span><span>l</span> <span>&</span> <span>K</span><span>e</span><span>l</span><span>l</span><span>i</span> <span>W</span><span>a</span><span>k</span><span>i</span><span>l</span><span>i</span><span>.</span> <span>Y</span><span>o</span><span>u</span> <span>c</span><span>a</span><span>n</span> <span>f</span><span>i</span><span>n</span><span>d</span> <span>R</span><span>a</span><span>y</span><span>n</span><span>a</span> <span>o</span><span>n</span> <span>I</span><span>n</span><span>s</span><span>t</span><span>a</span><span>g</span><span>r</span><span>a</span><span>m</span> <span>@</span><span>r</span><span>a</span><span>y</span><span>z</span><span>e</span><span>m</span><span>e</span><span>l</span> <span>a</span><span>n</span><span>d</span> <span>@</span><span>w</span><span>i</span><span>n</span><span>t</span><span>e</span><span>r</span><span>s</span><span>r</span><span>o</span><span>c</span><span>k</span><span>e</span><span>n</span><span>t</span><span>e</span><span>r</span><span>t</span><span>a</span><span>i</span><span>n</span><span>m</span><span>e</span><span>n</span><span>t</span><span>,</span> <span>a</span><span>n</span><span>d</span> <span>o</span><span>n</span> <span>S</span><span>o</span><span>u</span><span>n</span><span>d</span><span>c</span><span>l</span><span>o</span><span>u</span><span>d</span> <span>a</span><span>t</span> <a class="sc-1bctqj2-0 qOIqX" href="http://soundcloud.com/rayzemi"><span>s</span><span>o</span><span>u</span><span>n</span><span>d</span><span>c</span><span>l</span><span>o</span><span>u</span><span>d</span><span>.</span><span>c</span><span>o</span><span>m</span><span>/</span><span>r</span><span>a</span><span>y</span><span>z</span><span>e</span><span>m</span><span>i</span></a><span>.</span></div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"> </div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>Correction to live taping:</span> <span>Special Counsel John Durham didn't indict computer scientists, only a cybersecurity lawyer in regards to the Trump-Alfa Bank allegations: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/01/us/politics/trump-alfa-bank-indictment.html</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"> </div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><a class="sc-1bctqj2-0 qOIqX" href="https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/charles-mcgonigal-named-special-agent-in-charge-of-the-counterintelligence-division-for-the-new-york-field-office"> <span>C</span><span>h</span><span>a</span><span>r</span><span>l</span><span>e</span><span>s</span> <span>M</span><span>c</span><span>G</span><span>o</span><span>n</span><span>i</span><span>g</span><span>a</span><span>l</span> <span>N</span><span>a</span><span>m</span><span>e</span><span>d</span> <span>S</span><span>p</span><span>e</span><span>c</span><span>i</span><span>a</span><span>l</span> <span>A</span><span>g</span><span>e</span><span>n</span><span>t</span> <span>i</span><span>n</span> <span>C</span><span>h</span><span>a</span><span>r</span><span>g</span><span>e</span> <span>o</span><span>f</span> <span>t</span><span>h</span><span>e</span> <span>C</span><span>o</span><span>u</span><span>n</span><span>t</span><span>e</span><span>r</span><span>i</span><span>n</span><span>t</span><span>e</span><span>l</span><span>l</span><span>i</span><span>g</span><span>e</span><span>n</span><span>c</span><span>e</span> <span>D</span><span>i</span><span>v</span><span>i</span><span>s</span><span>i</span><span>o</span><span>n</span> <span>f</span><span>o</span><span>r</span> <span>t</span><span>h</span><span>e</span> <span>N</span><span>e</span><span>w</span> <span>Y</span><span>o</span><span>r</span><span>k</span> <span>F</span><span>i</span><span>e</span><span>l</span><span>d</span> <span>O</span><span>f</span><span>f</span><span>i</span><span>c</span><span>e</span> <span>—</span> <span>F</span><span>B</span><span>I</span></a></div> </div> <div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"> </div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>Former Senior F.B.I. Official in New York Charged With Aiding Oligarch https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/nyregion/fbi-money-laundering-charles-mcgonigal.html</span></div> </div> <div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"> </div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>Former senior FBI official accused of working for Russian he investigated</span></div> </div> <div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/01/23/mcgonigal-deripaska-indictment-fbi/</span></div> </div> <div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"> </div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>Russian Oligarch and Associates Indicted on U.S. Sanctions Charges</span></div> </div> <div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/29/us/politics/russian-oligarch-sanctions-citizenship.html</span></div> </div> <div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"> </div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>Trump Server Mystery Produces Fresh Conflict</span></div> </div> <div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/01/us/politics/trump-alfa-bank-indictment.html</span></div> </div> <div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"> </div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>Here's How Donald Trump's Paul Manafort Helped Create Chaos In Ukraine</span> <a class="sc-1bctqj2-0 qOIqX" href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/heres-how-donald-trumps-paul-manafort-helped-create-chaos-in-ukraine"> <span>h</span><span>t</span><span>t</span><span>p</span><span>s</span><span>:</span><span>/</span><span>/</span><span>w</span><span>w</span><span>w</span><span>.</span><span>t</span><span>h</span><span>e</span><span>d</span><span>a</span><span>i</span><span>l</span><span>y</span><span>b</span><span>e</span><span>a</span><span>s</span><span>t</span><span>.</span><span>c</span><span>o</span><span>m</span><span>/</span><span>h</span><span>e</span><span>r</span><span>e</span><span>s</span><span>-</span><span>h</span><span>o</span><span>w</span><span>-</span><span>d</span><span>o</span><span>n</span><span>a</span><span>l</span><span>d</span><span>-</span><span>t</span><span>r</span><span>u</span><span>m</span><span>p</span><span>s</span><span>-</span><span>p</span><span>a</span><span>u</span><span>l</span><span>-</span><span>m</span><span>a</span><span>n</span><span>a</span><span>f</span><span>o</span><span>r</span><span>t</span><span>-</span><span>h</span><span>e</span><span>l</span><span>p</span><span>e</span><span>d</span><span>-</span><span>c</span><span>r</span><span>e</span><span>a</span><span>t</span><span>e</span><span>-</span><span>c</span><span>h</span><span>a</span><span>o</span><span>s</span><span>-</span><span>i</span><span>n</span><span>-</span><span>u</span><span>k</span><span>r</span><span>a</span><span>i</span><span>n</span><span>e</span></a></div> </div> <div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"> </div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska & his links to British politicians - BBC Newsnight</span> <a class="sc-1bctqj2-0 qOIqX" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziKUzn-5UcU"><span> h</span><span>t</span><span>t</span><span>p</span><span>s</span><span>:</span><span>/</span><span>/</span><span>w</span><span>w</span><span>w</span><span>.</span><span>y</span><span>o</span><span>u</span><span>t</span><span>u</span><span>b</span><span>e</span><span>.</span><span>c</span><span>o</span><span>m</span><span>/</span><span>w</span><span>a</span><span>t</span><span>c</span><span>h</span><span>?</span><span>v</span><span>=</span><span>z</span><span>i</span><span>K</span><span>U</span><span>z</span><span>n</span><span>-</span><span>5</span><span>U</span><span>c</span><span>U</span></a></div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"> </div> </div> <div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>Trump Server Mystery Produces Fresh Conflict</span> <a class="sc-1bctqj2-0 qOIqX" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/01/us/politics/trump-alfa-bank-indictment.html"> <span>h</span><span>t</span><span>t</span><span>p</span><span>s</span><span>:</span><span>/</span><span>/</span><span>w</span><span>w</span><span>w</span><span>.</span><span>n</span><span>y</span><span>t</span><span>i</span><span>m</span><span>e</span><span>s</span><span>.</span><span>c</span><span>o</span><span>m</span><span>/</span><span>2</span><span>0</span><span>2</span><span>1</span><span>/</span><span>1</span><span>0</span><span>/</span><span>0</span><span>1</span><span>/</span><span>u</span><span>s</span><span>/</span><span>p</span><span>o</span><span>l</span><span>i</span><span>t</span><span>i</span><span>c</span><span>s</span><span>/</span><span>t</span><span>r</span><span>u</span><span>m</span><span>p</span><span>-</span><span>a</span><span>l</span><span>f</span><span>a</span><span>-</span><span>b</span><span>a</span><span>n</span><span>k</span><span>-</span><span>i</span><span>n</span><span>d</span><span>i</span><span>c</span><span>t</span><span>m</span><span>e</span><span>n</span><span>t</span><span>.</span><span>h</span><span>t</span><span>m</span><span>l</span></a></div> </div> <div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"> </div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>Want to Understand President Obama's Foreign Policy? https://www.huffpost.com/entry/want-to-understand-presid_b_6834540</span></div> </div> <div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"> </div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>Billionaire mogul with Russia ties emerges as major donor to Hochul, numerous pols</span> <a class="sc-1bctqj2-0 qOIqX" href="https://nypost.com/2022/03/06/billionaire-mogul-with-russia-ties-emerges-as-major-donor-to-hochul/"> <span>h</span><span>t</span><span>t</span><span>p</span><span>s</span><span>:</span><span>/</span><span>/</span><span>n</span><span>y</span><span>p</span><span>o</span><span>s</span><span>t</span><span>.</span><span>c</span><span>o</span><span>m</span><span>/</span><span>2</span><span>0</span><span>2</span><span>2</span><span>/</span><span>0</span><span>3</span><span>/</span><span>0</span><span>6</span><span>/</span><span>b</span><span>i</span><span>l</span><span>l</span><span>i</span><span>o</span><span>n</span><span>a</span><span>i</span><span>r</span><span>e</span><span>-</span><span>m</span><span>o</span><span>g</span><span>u</span><span>l</span><span>-</span><span>w</span><span>i</span><span>t</span><span>h</span><span>-</span><span>r</span><span>u</span><span>s</span><span>s</span><span>i</span><span>a</span><span>-</span><span>t</span><span>i</span><span>e</span><span>s</span><span>-</span><span>e</span><span>m</span><span>e</span><span>r</span><span>g</span><span>e</span><span>s</span><span>-</span><span>a</span><span>s</span><span>-</span><span>m</span><span>a</span><span>j</span><span>o</span><span>r</span><span>-</span><span>d</span><span>o</span><span>n</span><span>o</span><span>r</span><span>-</span><span>t</span><span>o</span><span>-</span><span>h</span><span>o</span><span>c</span><span>h</span><span>u</span><span>l</span><span>/</span></a></div> </div> <div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"> </div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>U.S. Politicians Can't Stop Taking Len Blavatnik's Money</span> <a class="sc-1bctqj2-0 qOIqX" href="https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2019/10/21/u-s-politicians-cant-stop-taking-len-blavatniks-money/"> <span>h</span><span>t</span><span>t</span><span>p</span><span>s</span><span>:</span><span>/</span><span>/</span><span>w</span><span>w</span><span>w</span><span>.</span><span>b</span><span>e</span><span>l</span><span>l</span><span>i</span><span>n</span><span>g</span><span>c</span><span>a</span><span>t</span><span>.</span><span>c</span><span>o</span><span>m</span><span>/</span><span>n</span><span>e</span><span>w</span><span>s</span><span>/</span><span>2</span><span>0</span><span>1</span><span>9</span><span>/</span><span>1</span><span>0</span><span>/</span><span>2</span><span>1</span><span>/</span><span>u</span><span>-</span><span>s</span><span>-</span><span>p</span><span>o</span><span>l</span><span>i</span><span>t</span><span>i</span><span>c</span><span>i</span><span>a</span><span>n</span><span>s</span><span>-</span><span>c</span><span>a</span><span>n</span><span>t</span><span>-</span><span>s</span><span>t</span><span>o</span><span>p</span><span>-</span><span>t</span><span>a</span><span>k</span><span>i</span><span>n</span><span>g</span><span>-</span><span>l</span><span>e</span><span>n</span><span>-</span><span>b</span><span>l</span><span>a</span><span>v</span><span>a</span><span>t</span><span>n</span><span>i</span><span>k</span><span>s</span><span>-</span><span>m</span><span>o</span><span>n</span><span>e</span><span>y</span><span>/</span></a></div> 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